33 Facts About Clement Freud

Sir Clement Raphael Freud was a German-born British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef.

The son of Ernst L Freud and grandson of Sigmund Freud, Clement moved to the United Kingdom from Nazi Germany as a child and later worked as a prominent chef and food writer.

Clement Freud became known to a wider audience as a television and radio personality.

Clement Freud was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament in 1973, retaining his seat until 1987, when he received a knighthood.

Clement Freud was born Clemens Rafael Freud in Berlin, the son of Jewish parents Ernst L Freud and Lucie Freud.

Clement Freud was a grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and the brother of artist Lucian Freud.

Clement Freud's family fled to the United Kingdom from Nazi Germany and his forenames were anglicised to Clement Raphael.

Clement Freud spent his later childhood in Hampstead, where he attended the Hall School, a prep school.

Clement Freud was then educated at two independent schools: at Dartington Hall School, where he boarded, and at St Paul's School in London.

Clement Freud was naturalised as a British subject on 4 September 1939, one day after the outbreak of the Second World War.

Clement Freud later worked at the Nuremberg Trials and in 1947 was commissioned as an officer.

Clement Freud became an Anglican at the time of his marriage.

Clement Freud worked at the Dorchester Hotel and went on to run his own restaurant in Sloane Square at a relatively young age.

Clement Freud appeared in a series of dog food advertisements in which he co-starred with a bloodhound called Henry which shared his trademark "hangdog" expression.

Whilst running a nightclub, Clement Freud met a newspaper editor who gave him a job as a sports journalist.

Clement Freud stood in the 1973 Isle of Ely by-election, becoming the Liberal Member of Parliament for that constituency from 1973 to 1987.

When Churchill was given the best room in the hotel, on account of his lineage, Clement Freud declared it was the first time in his life that he had been "out-grandfathered".

Towards the end of the five-year term there was a confidence vote in Callaghan's government, and Clement Freud was expected to follow his party and vote with the Opposition.

Clement Freud declined the offer and voted as stated by his party, after the lapse of the Lib-Lab pact, for an immediate general election.

For many, Clement Freud was best known as a panellist on the long-running Radio 4 show Just a Minute.

Clement Freud performed a small monologue for the Wings 1973 album Band on the Run and appeared on the album's cover.

Clement Freud made the occasional film appearance, with acting roles in movies such as The Mini-Affair and The Best House in London.

Clement Freud was formerly married to Caroline Hutton, who was the second wife of Earl Spencer; he then married media magnate Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth.

Clement Freud's nieces include poet Annie Freud fashion designer Bella Freud and writer Esther Freud.

Clement Freud died without resolving a feud with his brother Lucian, thought to have dated back 70 years, over which of them was the rightful winner of a boyhood race.

Clement Freud trained for three months and lost some five stone for the event.

Clement Freud used the long odds to his advantage and shrewdly placed a large side bet on himself.

Clement Freud wrote articles reviewing facilities for spectators at racecourses in Britain, especially catering.

Clement Freud died at his home on 15 April 2009, nine days before his 85th birthday.

Clement Freud was survived by his wife of 59 years, Jill Freud, his five children, his 17 grandchildren and his two elder brothers, Stephen and Lucian.

Two women, who did not know each other, spoke publicly for the first time about how Clement Freud preyed upon them when they were still children and into young adulthood.

Hayes said Clement Freud had no right to his reputation as a "pillar of society" and ought to be posthumously stripped of his knighthood.

Craig Murray, a former British ambassador, who was a student at Dundee University in the late 1970s, described an incident when Clement Freud asked the president of the students' union to pimp for him and select a woman to entertain him.